*Rhys*
The sun had barely crested the horizon when the first alarm bells rang out across Egoren, their urgent peals shattering the stillness of the early morning air.
I was already awake and pouring over maps and battle plans in his study. My heart lurched from a sickening sense of dread as the sound reached my ears.
The war had begun.
Without a moment's hesitation, I was on my feet and moving. Bursting out of the palace doors, I scanned the chaos that had erupted in the courtyard and beyond.
Soldiers and guards, both human and wolf shifter alike, ran to and fro, their faces grim with determination as they rushed to take up their positions along the castle walls and line up into platoons of thirty or so men.
As some of the platoons began to march out into transport trucks, I strode out into the fray.
I was thankful that the generals and majors I put in charge had done an excellent job organizing and mobilizing everyone so quickly.
